Are You Stuck? ] 你，卡住了嗎？ – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 6.25.2021 Are you stuck in your career, relationship, physical well-being, or even your overall mentality? How can you get unstuck and move forward? Maybe we can learn a lesson from a driving experience we have all had: getting stuck in deep snow or…
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114. Are You Marching or Dancing? | 是當行軍者？還是快樂的舞者？ – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 05.28.2021 As we exit the pandemic confinements, we can look at our lives more objectively. The broken routines over the last year have given us a rare opportunity to observe our lives with new perspectives and awareness. It is a…
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Different Views of Electrical Wiring | 從不同角度看家電网 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 2.9.2021 To prepare for a potential power outage in our house, I had an electrician install a battery backup system. The primary purpose is to have an emergency power supply to charge our mobile communication devices, to run the sump pump…
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The Power of Vulnerability and Asking – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu， 11.1.2020 Have you noticed something? After we help, advice, or mentor someone, we tend to like and want to help that person even more. This is called the “Ben Franklin Effect” and is based on the psychological concept of “cognitive dissonance.” I…
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Beyond Equity and Diversity Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 9.4.2020 As a follow-up to Blog 105, here are more thoughts on moving beyond advocacy and gaining real traction for real equity. First, the systems, rules, and practices in government, society, and companies must be altered to remove barriers and hidden bias so people of…
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Striving for Equity – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 8.28.2020 Recently, I participated in an online conference on “Culturally Competent Conversations on Equity and Togetherness.” It was a great opportunity for me to meet many passionate and knowledgeable experts and advocates on these topics. The speakers and participants discussed incidents and consequences of…
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Have We Been Polarized and Pigeonholed? – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 9.18.2020 During the lockdown months, we are relying more and more on internet, streaming, online shopping, and various media platforms for our schooling, work, news, socialization, and information flow. Have you noticed an interesting and scary phenomenon? The more we use social…
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My Third Retirement – Musings of Dr. Jamie Hsu, 11.17.2019 This month, I am completing nine years of service on the board of Henry Ford Health System and HAP Insurance. I am also stepping down, after six years, as chair of the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission. I am passing the baton to younger…
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Modern Travel – Musings of Dr. Jamie Hsu, 11.10.2019 Ijust returned from a 14-day trip in Europe and experienced two drastically different ways of modern travel: by riverboat and by airplane. The contrast was astonishing and interesting. During the river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest, it took 13 days to navigate a distance of 1400…
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Modern Learning – Musings of Dr. Jamie Hsu, 9.20.2019 The ubiquitous presence of the internet, digital libraries, and cloud centers, has drastically changed how we learn. Learning involves four stages of knowledge management: generation, storage, retrieval, and application. These components are all affected by digital technology, but in different ways and to varying degrees. Knowledge…
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